This page provides you with links to news stories written about mainstreaming biodiversity into the coal mining sector. Many of these are ‘old’ news but provide the reader with a storyline of activities.

• 2013-12-20 – LOOKING BACK – HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GRASSLANDS PROGRAMME: As the UNDP-GEF’s catalytic investment in mainstreaming biodiversity into production sectors in South Africa’s grasslands biome draws to a close, we pay tribute 
• 2013-12-11 – HIGH ATTENDANCE AT THE RECENT TRAINING WORKSHOP ON MINING AND BIODIVERSITY GUIDELINE AND WETLAND OFFSET GUIDELINES: “Understanding and applying the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline and Wetland Offsets Guideline” was the theme of a recently held training workshop. 
• 2013-10-18 – TRAINING WORKSHOPS ON THE MINING AND BIODIVERSITY GUIDELINES AND THE WETLAND OFFSET GUIDELINES: The South African Mining and Biodiversity Forum (SAMBF) would like to invite you to an exciting training workshop on the Mining and Biodiversity Guidelines…
• 2013-05-31 – MINING AND BIODIVERSITY COME TOGETHER TO POWER A GREENER ECONOMY: On 22 May 2013, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, launched the ‘Mining and Biodiversity Guideline: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Mining Sector’…
• 2013-05-17 – MINING AND BIODIVERSITY COME TOGETHER TO POWER A GREENER ECONOMY: Our challenge as a nation in a developing state context is to find a balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Without the integrity of our natural systems…
• 2013-04-15 – STRONG SUPPORT FOR DECLARATION OF PONGOLA BUSH PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT: Dr B.M. Radebe, the KwaZulu-Natal Member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, has gazetted the intent to declare Pongola Bush as a Protected Environment…
• 2013-04-05 – MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY INTO MINING: Mainstreaming biodiversity into the mining sector was the subject of a training workshop recently attended by over 100 people. The workshop focused on the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline…
• 2013-02-25 – PONGOLA BUSH PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT: Dr B.M. Radebe, the KwaZulu-Natal Member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, has gazetted the intent to declare Pongola Bush as a Protected Environment… 
• 2013-02-13 – MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY INTO MINING TRAINING WORKSHOP: Not to be missed: SANBI’s Grasslands Programme (in partnership with the South African Mining and Biodiversity Forum and the Departments of Environmental Affairs and Mineral Resources)…